Medellin, Colombia: Two Foreign Tourists Poisoned with Scopolamine, One Dead

The authorities are investigating the robbery of the two foreigners and the murder of the Cuban citizen.

Medellin – Burundanga Attack

elmundo.com (machine translated) – The Cuban engineer identified as Víctor Ignacio Cuerdo, 49, died in Medellín after suffering an overdose of scopolamine together with a friend and partner, identified as Óscar Cruz, a Honduran national.

Both would have arrived in the city last Wednesday to participate in an international congress on hydroelectric power.

After the event, the two men traveled to the Lleras park to have a few drinks, but after asking for a bottle of liquor and being approached by two women they lost consciousness and were abandoned in the Variante, in the municipality of Caldas.